...this experience was reserved for a very small number, such as Saint Paul, who wondered if he had been "caught up to the third heaven, whether in the body or out of the body" (2 Cor. 12:2). • Finally, Saint Augustine and his continuators reserved a very important...

...19 (pp. 377-78). 37. In this connection one may recall Paul's boast, "A man in Christ . . . who was caught up to the third heaven — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know" (2 Cor 11:2). Cf. Aristotle, Metaphysics 12.8 §1037a. 38. This has to be emphasized...

...can boast of visions and revelations of the Lord: 1 know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven — whether in the body or out of the body 1 do not know, God knows. And 1 know that this man was caught up into Paradise . . . and he...

...that he was once privileged with a flight to heaven: I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise — whether...

...raptures.25 Such descriptions echoed Paul's claim in 2 Corinthians 12:2, when he states that he was "caught up to the third heaven — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know." The common understanding of the angelic hierarchies and their proximity to...

...unwillingly plays them at their own game of boasting of experiences of visions and revelations, of being caught up to the third heaven, whether in the body or out of the body he could not say (2 Cor. 12:14). Against this over-concentration on the exaltedness of Christ,...

...apostle Paul, based on his comments (likely autobiographical) about a man, "who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows. And I do know that such a person... was caught up into Paradise...

...or in the spirit while carrying a body with him: I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise whether in...

...will go onto visions and revelations of the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. *And Iknow that this man was caught up into Paradise — whether...

...implications for their daily Christian existence. "/ know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows" (2 Cor 12:2). The ecstasy Paul speaks about in 2 Corinthians is...